Korea Expressway Corporation won a thrilling victory after four deuce battles.
Korea Expressway Corporation won a set score of 3-1 (24-26 27-25 28-26 33-31) in the final match of the 4th round of the Dodram 2022-2023 V-League Women’s Division against GS Caltex held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul on the 27th. .
With the victory on this day, the road construction earned 3 points and recorded 38 points, widening the gap with KGC Ginseng Corporation (35 points) in 4th place. GS Caltex, which was able to rise to 3rd place with 3 points on this day, failed to jump to 3rd place, falling into two consecutive losses without gaining points (33 points).
All four sets went all the way to deuce. A luxury match ensued. The road construction was dragged by giving a set point for three sets first, but overturned the game by demonstrating concentration at the last minute.
While Catbell, a foreign player from Korea Expressway Corporation, scored 30 points, Park Jung-ah also scored 29 points to lead the team to victory. Bae Yoo-na and Jeong Dae-young also contributed by scoring 25 points.
GS Caltex struggled with MoMa, who returned from injury, scoring 33 points, and Yoo Seo-yeon and Kang So-hui jointly scoring 40 points from both sides, but bowed their heads as they could not exceed the ‘Ma’s 24 points’.
At the beginning of the first set, the road construction team took the lead. Bae Yoo-na led the early game with 3 points including blocking, and Park Jung-ah widened the score. However, GS Caltex also overturned the score by succeeding in scoring 6 consecutive times with Han Su-ji’s sub ace from 8-12 and Munhwa’s blocking goal. The Korea Expressway Corporation made a deuce by scoring 5 consecutive goals at the last minute, but was unable to prevent Kang So-hui’s score and suffered a disappointing defeat in the first set.
The road construction overcame the 2nd set baseline with Catbell’s consecutive scores. However, GS also pursued with Han Su-ji’s blocking and Yoo Seo-yeon’s performance, and the two teams continued a tight battle to 20-20. After that, GS Caltex stepped on the 24-point high first and seemed to take the second set. However, in 21-24, the road construction created a deuce with Catbell and Bae Yu-na scoring, and in 25-25 Lee Yun-jung’s quick attack and Park Jung-ah’s blocking scored a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
The deuce match continued in the third set. This time, GS Caltex took the lead by stepping on the 24-point notice first, but the road construction also succeeded in scoring three times in a row at 21-24, leading the game to deuce. The third deuce, this time again, the winner was the road construction company. In the 25-26 crisis, Park Jung-ah’s score made the third deuce, and the Korea Expressway Corporation tied Catbell’s open score and Jeong Dae-young’s blocking score to win the third set.
GS, who preempted the set point three times but was hit twice in a row, led the atmosphere with consecutive goals in the early part of the fourth set. However, the road construction, with Bae Yoo-na at the forefront, succeeded in scoring three consecutive points at 12-15, creating a tie and making a close match again. The game went to 24-24 deuce again, and the close match continued to 31-31. While Catbell, Bae Yoo-na, and Park Jung-ah led the ninth match point, the final score of Yoo Seo-yeon was judged out, and the road construction won a thrilling come-from-behind victory. 먹튀검증
